US 2024/0390837 A1 · SCALABLE MULTI-SELECTOR VALVE AND SEAL SYSTEM

Abstract

A rotating toroid for supporting a plurality of sorbent vessels therein and has sealing assemblies. The rotating toroid is fluidly isolated from stationary stator assemblies having stationary ducting and stationary sealing assemblies. The sealing assemblies of the rotating toroid and the sealing assemblies of the stationary stator assemblies work in cooperation with one another to fluidly isolate the plurality of sorbent vessels. As the toroid rotates about a rotational axis, each of the plurality of vessels passes by each of the stationary sealing assemblies, allowing a fluid to flow from one stationary assembly, through the sorbent vessel, to another stationary sealing assembly, allowing the sorbent vessel to sorb or desorb a fluid component.

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Dependent claims

A multi-stream selector valve comprising:

a rotating toroid;
a set of ducts and duct connectors;
a support structure for the drive and wheels supporting the toroid as well as positioning the set of ducts and duct connectors forming a stator assembly;
and
seal assemblies including wearable seal elements which are flexible and in contact with the moving toroid and subject to friction,
wherein the rotating toroid is attached to at least one circular rail and supported by wheels placed in fix positions and distributed at angular increments to contact the circular rail simultaneously, the wheel providing both reacting forces to a static load of the toroid and at least one wheel providing motive force for rotating the toroid,
wherein at least one face of the toroid is substantially flat or in a shape of a frustum of a cone, and is used as an interface for a sliding seal or seal face of the toroid integrated therein.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Scalable multi-selector valve and seal system

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Scalable multi-selector valve and seal system

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Abstract

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